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Controlled Vocabularies for Form or Genre Terms
| Order of Preference | Organization | Name of Thesaurus | Number of Terms (as of Aug 2024) | $2 Source Code | Chronological Subdivision | Geographic Subdivision | URL |
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| 1 | RBMS | RBMS Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging | 1466 | rbmscv | Do not subdivide | Do not subdivide | Introduction | Thesaurus |
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| 2 | LC | LC Genre/Form Terms | 2571 | lcgft | Do not subdivide | Do not subdivide | Introduction | Thesaurus |
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| 3 | Getty AAT | Art & Architecture Thesaurus | (Terms in the categories of "object facets" or "genres in literature and performing arts") | aat | Subdivide item-specific terms by century, if known | Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus |
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| 4 | LC | Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms (TGM II) | 1287 | gmgpc | Subdivide item-specific terms by century, if known
| Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus |
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Indicators and Source Codes
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Organization | Name of Thesaurus | Source Code | Parenthetical Qualifier | Chronological Subdivision | Geographic Subdivision | Website | RBMS | Genre Terms | rbgenr | [none] | Do not subdivide | Do not subdivide | Introduction | Thesaurus | RBMS | Binding Terms | rbbin | (Binding) | Subdivide item-specific terms by century, if known | Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus | RBMS | Paper Terms | rbpap | (Paper) | Subdivide Item-specific terms by century, if known | Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus | RBMS | Printing & Publishing Evidence | rbpri
rbpub | (Printing)
(Publishing) | Subdivide item-specific terms by century, if known | Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus | RBMS | Provenance Evidence | rbprov | (Provenance) | Subdivide item-specific terms by century, if known | Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus | RBMS | Type Evidence | rbtyp | (Type evidence) | Subdivide item-specific terms by century, if known | Subdivide item-specific terms by country, if known | Introduction | Thesaurus | PUL | Local terms | Do not use; update legacy terms if possible | Do not use | Do not use | Do not use |
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1) RBMS thesauri
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies, previously comprising six distinct thesauri, have been integrated into the RBMS Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging. Do not add any new terms with the following source codes: $rbgenr, $rbprov, $rbpub, $rbbin, $rbpri, $rbtyp
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